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Due to a sustained uptick in Winnipeg’s construction and renovation industry, the City is moving forward with hiring up to 22 additional temporary staff in the Planning, Property and Development Department (PP&D) to keep up with an “extraordinary” increase in residential building and trades permit applications and to assist with permit applicants through the City’s online-digital permitting system.
The total expenditure for the initiative is $900,000, which will be offset by an equivalent increase in permit fee revenue, a report by the public service stated. The situation is a positive economic story, Coun. Scott Gillingham (St. James), chairman of the City’s Finance Committee, told media on Friday.
Construction boom prompts call for new city permit inspectors
The city of Winnipeg s property and planning department is asking for $900,000 to add 22 new construction permit inspectors to meet a booming demand in the industry.
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There has been a 40 per cent increase in residential permits this year compared to the same period last year. (Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Home builds and renovations are enjoying a pandemic boom in Winnipeg, with industry members predicting the trend will continue well into next year.
Home builds and renovations are enjoying a pandemic boom in Winnipeg, with industry members predicting the trend will continue well into next year. We expect that these high levels of residential permits, both on new construction and home renovation, will continue throughout 2021 and well into 2022, Lanny McInnes, president of the Manitoba Home Builders’ Association, told city council’s finance committee Friday.
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